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Verses For Discipline & Faith
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He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent under them.
Job
WisdomYe are they which have continued with me in my temptations.
Luke
GospelsBut if it be a question of words and names, and of your law, look ye to it; for I will be no judge of such matters.
Acts
History / LukeWhen I thought to know this, it was too painful for me;
Psalms
PoetryAnd every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.
1 John
General EpistlesAnd when he had brought them into his house, he set meat before them, and rejoiced, believing in God with all his house.
Acts
History / LukeAnd when the scribes and Pharisees saw him eat with publicans and sinners, they said unto his disciples, How is it that he eateth and drinketh with publicans and sinners?
Mark
GospelsThen Joshua commanded the officers of the people, saying,
Joshua
HistoryWhy hast thou prophesied in the name of the LORD, saying, This house shall be like Shiloh, and this city shall be desolate without an inhabitant? And all the people were gathered against Jeremiah in the house of the LORD.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd it shall come to pass, that he that is left in Zion, and he that remaineth in Jerusalem, shall be called holy, even every one that is written among the living in Jerusalem:
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahIf so be that ye have heard him, and have been taught by him, as the truth is in Jesus:
Ephesians
Pauline Epistles / PaulI thank thee, and praise thee, O thou God of my fathers, who hast given me wisdom and might, and hast made known unto me now what we desired of thee: for thou hast now made known unto us the king's matter.
Daniel
Major ProphetsAnd he smote the men of Beth-shemesh, because they had looked into the ark of the LORD, even he smote of the people fifty thousand and threescore and ten men: and the people lamented, because the LORD had smitten many of the people with a great slaughter.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelOnly they would that we should remember the poor; the same which I also was forward to do.
Galatians
Pauline Epistles / PaulThey shall fall by the sword: they shall be a portion for foxes.
Psalms
PoetryFor these be the days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled.
Luke
GospelsAnd I heard another out of the altar say, Even so, Lord God Almighty, true and righteous are thy judgments.
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnWhen the waves of death compassed me, the floods of ungodly men made me afraid;
2 Samuel
HistoryHearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him?
James
General Epistles / JamesFor Tophet is ordained of old; yea, for the king it is prepared; he hath made it deep and large: the pile thereof is fire and much wood; the breath of the LORD, like a stream of brimstone, doth kindle it.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labour, it is the gift of God.
Ecclesiastes
WisdomBut the Levites have no part among you; for the priesthood of the LORD is their inheritance: and Gad, and Reuben, and half the tribe of Manasseh, have received their inheritance beyond Jordan on the east, which Moses the servant of the LORD gave them.
Joshua
History / JoshuaAnd the name of Hebron before was Kirjath-arba; which Arba was a great man among the Anakims. And the land had rest from war.